Follow developments in the Middle East as Iran confirms Mojtaba Khamenei as the new supreme leader and Israel say it hit Iran's internal security sites

A legal action which claims former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams was a senior member of the IRA is due to get under way in London.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba was chosen by Iran's Assembly of Experts to succeed his late father as supreme leader, in a sign that hardliners were still firmly in charge.

The head of the State's medical bureau, which tests for drink driving, has called for changes in the law to allow the courts to direct repeat offenders to install breathalysers in their cars.

Penalty shootout hero Lizzie Murphy says losing simply wasn't an option for her and her Irish team-mates after securing FIH Hockey World Cup qualification in dramatic circumstances.